Title Sequence getting darker each week (video)

[Deleted User] · 15/09/12 - 23:58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3mkzGqZaRo&feature=player_embedded

Anything behind it or.... just nothing

Tyjet · 16/09/12 - 00:03

I haven't noticed the titles getting darker, but I have noticed (or at least felt) that Amy & Rory's hair is getting darker.

Probably nothing, just something I noticed.

MinkytheDog · 16/09/12 - 00:09

Those three vids are out of sync and contain lightning flashes so it's hardly surprising that one may look brighter or darker than the one next to it - they are showing different frames and not comparing like with like.

TheSilentFez · 16/09/12 - 00:12

I mentioned this last week after reading an "A Town Called Mercy" review which suggested that the titles becoming darker and more red was foreshadowing something. I think it could be hinting at what's to come.
Equally, it could be nothing at all.

Tyjet · 16/09/12 - 00:16

MinkytheDog wrote: »

Those three vids are out of sync and contain lightning flashes so it's hardly surprising that one may look brighter or darker than the one next to it - they are showing different frames and not comparing like with like.

You can still tell that they're getting darker, though, especially during the flamey bit.

f_196 · 16/09/12 - 00:22

Definately darker week on week. I thought I'd knocked my TV contrast settings all askew earlier.

[Deleted User] · 16/09/12 - 00:24

Tyjet wrote: »

You can still tell that they're getting darker, though, especially during the flamey bit.

Definitely

I actually thought the opening was a bit brighter at the start tonight, but viewing this has proven the opposite

The orange stuff is DEF getting darker...

OOOOH

CD93 · 16/09/12 - 00:25

New York is coming......

Sharon87 · 16/09/12 - 00:51

I did notice Amy's hair this episode. I though it looked a bit dark, but just put it down to lighting.

Maybe it's the ever increasing darkness of the doctor, leading to the fall of the 11th? Perhaps?

I love foreshadowing, it's great fun when you notice things and they turn out to be something! lol

[Deleted User] · 16/09/12 - 01:05

Easiest way to tell, if the out-of-sync videos make it hard to follow - look at the title card. Right at the end, where it says "EPISODE TITLE," by Steven Moffat or whoever. It featured black text for Asylum and Dinosaurs, and white text for Mercy. Black text shows up on light backgrounds, white text to show up against the darker background.

Yes, they're getting darker! And that kind of thing's deliberate, they've done that wilfully, so there must be a reason.

[Deleted User] · 16/09/12 - 01:29

rwebster wrote: »

Easiest way to tell, if the out-of-sync videos make it hard to follow - look at the title card. Right at the end, where it says "EPISODE TITLE," by Steven Moffat or whoever. It featured black text for Asylum and Dinosaurs, and white text for Mercy. Black text shows up on light backgrounds, white text to show up against the darker background.

Yes, they're getting darker! And that kind of thing's deliberate, they've done that wilfully, so there must be a reason.

Yes, absolutely, it MUST be deliberate. It can't be some sort of fault as that would be spotted quickly in any edit and sorted out.

Well spotted people!

MinkytheDog · 16/09/12 - 02:09

rwebster wrote: »

Easiest way to tell, if the out-of-sync videos make it hard to follow - look at the title card. Right at the end, where it says "EPISODE TITLE," by Steven Moffat or whoever. It featured black text for Asylum and Dinosaurs, and white text for Mercy. Black text shows up on light backgrounds, white text to show up against the darker background.

Yes, they're getting darker! And that kind of thing's deliberate, they've done that wilfully, so there must be a reason.

The title text isn't changing colour - it's filled with a different pattern to match the episode.

The first week was small Dalek bumps, the second was reptile skin and this weeks was planks with bullet holes in them.

If you can't make that out on your TV, check the BBC website - they've changed that textured fill each week there as well.

[Deleted User] · 16/09/12 - 02:40

MinkytheDog wrote: »

The title text isn't changing colour - it's filled with a different pattern to match the episode.

The first week was small Dalek bumps, the second was reptile skin and this weeks was planks with bullet holes in them.

If you can't make that out on your TV, check the BBC website - they've changed that textured fill each week there as well.

Wrong title text! You're talking about the logo - DOCTOR [DW] WHO. Yes, that's a different texture each week.

But I'm talking about the panel after that. The one with the episode title, and the writer's name. So the first episode said...

ASYLUM OF THE DALEKS
written by
STEVEN MOFFAT

...and that was in black text, because it was against a light orange background.

As the weeks have passed, though, the orange has got gradually darker, and this week...

A TOWN CALLED MERCY
written by
TOBY WHITHOUSE

...was in a white font. This is because the vortex behind it is that much darker. Easiest way to measure the change.

[Deleted User] · 16/09/12 - 03:15

rwebster wrote: »

Wrong title text! You're talking about the logo - DOCTOR [DW] WHO. Yes, that's a different texture each week.

But I'm talking about the panel after that. The one with the episode title, and the writer's name. So the first episode said...
ASYLUM OF THE DALEKS
written by
STEVEN MOFFAT

...and that was in black text, because it was against a light orange background.

As the weeks have passed, though, the orange has got gradually darker, and this week...
A TOWN CALLED MERCY
written by
TOBY WHITHOUSE

...was in a white font. This is because the vortex behind it is that much darker. Easiest way to measure the change.

Which points to exactly why this is deliberate and means something...

Good shout

MinkytheDog · 16/09/12 - 12:14

rwebster wrote: »

Wrong title text! You're talking about the logo - DOCTOR [DW] WHO. Yes, that's a different texture each week.

But I'm talking about the panel after that. The one with the episode title, and the writer's name. So the first episode said...
ASYLUM OF THE DALEKS
written by
STEVEN MOFFAT

...and that was in black text, because it was against a light orange background.

As the weeks have passed, though, the orange has got gradually darker, and this week...
A TOWN CALLED MERCY
written by
TOBY WHITHOUSE

...was in a white font. This is because the vortex behind it is that much darker. Easiest way to measure the change.

I'm with you now.

The title (and cast name) fonts also have texture fills. I can't make out what the textures are on my SD recordings but it could be stone.

I agree that the vortex is darker each time. If anything, it's so dark now that it will be black within a couple of weeks at best.

Galadriel · 16/09/12 - 12:36

rwebster wrote: »

Wrong title text! You're talking about the logo - DOCTOR [DW] WHO. Yes, that's a different texture each week.

But I'm talking about the panel after that. The one with the episode title, and the writer's name. So the first episode said...
ASYLUM OF THE DALEKS
written by
STEVEN MOFFAT

...and that was in black text, because it was against a light orange background.

As the weeks have passed, though, the orange has got gradually darker, and this week...
A TOWN CALLED MERCY
written by
TOBY WHITHOUSE

...was in a white font. This is because the vortex behind it is that much darker. Easiest way to measure the change.

Yes. Clear as day, 30 seconds into the video clip.

alienpanda · 16/09/12 - 12:44

sohoguy wrote: »

Definitely

I actually thought the opening was a bit brighter at the start tonight, but viewing this has proven the opposite

The orange stuff is DEF getting darker...

OOOOH

The orange stuff is DEF getting darker...

^ This

GDK · 16/09/12 - 14:56

The title sequence is definitely getting darker, at least towards the end. I think next week's will be darker still and for episode 5, the end of the sequence will be plain white text on a totally black background.

Get your kleenex pre-ordered now...

MinkytheDog · 16/09/12 - 15:34

GDK wrote: »

Get your kleenex pre-ordered now...

I love the show but it's pre-watershed and there's never really any...

Ooops - I think you were talking about using the tissue to dry my eyes. My bad.

GDK · 16/09/12 - 15:40

:

MinkytheDog wrote: »

I love the show but it's pre-watershed and there's never really any...

Ooops - I think you were talking about using the tissue to dry my eyes. My bad.

I'm glad I wasn't drinking coffee when I read that!

zort70 · 17/09/12 - 14:56

Someone posted this comparison of the first three episodes that does appear to show the darkening title sequence.

At that rate it'll definitely be black for the final episode.

Imgur photo album

sebbie3000 · 17/09/12 - 15:30

zort70 wrote: »

Someone posted this comparison of the first three episodes that does appear to show the darkening title sequence.

At that rate it'll definitely be black for the final episode.

Imgur photo album

Well, mine is not entirely the same as that. The first is quite dark, the second much brighter, then the third darker still. So, ultimately still getting darker, but those seem to have been tampered with (check the BBC logo top left).

Having said that, the episode title screens are definitely losing the yellow - thereby getting darker.

CD93 · 17/09/12 - 15:41

There's also this for the credits.

georgeshair · 17/09/12 - 21:55

Wow, that's all very weird! Well spotted!

GDK · 18/09/12 - 13:11

sebbie3000 wrote: »

Well, mine is not entirely the same as that. The first is quite dark, the second much brighter, then the third darker still. So, ultimately still getting darker, but those seem to have been tampered with (check the BBC logo top left).

Having said that, the episode title screens are definitely losing the yellow - thereby getting darker.

Yellow->Red->Black = darker overall. Just for the final few seconds of the titles. Can't say I notice anything before that about the background - the vortex.

Black should fit the mood for Amy and Rory's departure...

BadWolfOne · 18/09/12 - 15:46

Theres malfunctioning lights in each episode too.
The lightbulb flickering in Amy's dressing room, the faulty light fixture in Amy and Rorys and the lamppost in Mercy. Or am I just over thinking it?

The lights are going out...

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